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With the limitations on what the PSP can do, the makers made a reasonable & understandable choice of using anime cut-scenes.
Even though i can never forgive on how the anime adapted the games storyline, at least the animation was good.

Jann:I didn't think it was that bad.

That's because you got a lot lines to say in the anime.

Jann:Are you jealous? Somebody needs a hug.

I don't need one. BTW is that Largo carrying a box of Vegetables?(Secretly runs away only to be kidnap by Marina & Catherine)

Jann(Oblivious on what's happening):Largo!? Where?! OH LARGO!! JANN IS HERE TO HELP YA!!

The Academy idea looks so terrible. If I wanted a slice-of-life setting I'd go watch one of a million animes. The first game was a very good war story with lots of human emotion and human story elements. This is... I get a bad feeling that this'll be something like a typical school anime with guns.

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I why do I have the feeling that they might make the VC Anime the "Canon" of the VC storyline?

Spoiler for VC Ending:

The original VC ended with Welkin and Alicia as a married couple with Isara looking like a 3 or 4 year old little girl. The problem is, VC takes place 2 years after EWII where a civil war takes place. The ending of VC1 felt like aftermath of EWII and not the Civil War. When the creators planned this ending, I didn't think they were planning a sequel at that time. The VC anime kind of retcons that instead of taking place presumably 4 years later. Also, Max's GN Lanc- I mean artificial Valkyrur Lance and GN Shie- I mean Valkyrur Shield looks more compact and it didn't depend on multiple generators on the Mamorta. This will probably serve as a prototype to the new soldiers with some kind of Power Armor that the GRA possess

I why do I have the feeling that they might make the VC Anime the "Canon" of the VC storyline?

Erk. The anime changed so much from the game's storyline for the worst, I sure hope not.
Besides, that would mean making quite a lot of side character's death cannon and that'd be hard to swallow. Like Vyse, Wendy and Musaad. (not to mention Knute, Mica, Nils, Rosina, Hermes, Salinas, etc.. Herbert and Cezary can die though)

I why do I have the feeling that they might make the VC Anime the "Canon" of the VC storyline?

Spoiler for VC Ending:

The original VC ended with Welkin and Alicia as a married couple with Isara looking like a 3 or 4 year old little girl. The problem is, VC takes place 2 years after EWII where a civil war takes place. The ending of VC1 felt like aftermath of EWII and not the Civil War. When the creators planned this ending, I didn't think they were planning a sequel at that time. The VC anime kind of retcons that instead of taking place presumably 4 years later. Also, Max's GN Lanc- I mean artificial Valkyrur Lance and GN Shie- I mean Valkyrur Shield looks more compact and it didn't depend on multiple generators on the Mamorta. This will probably serve as a prototype to the new soldiers with some kind of Power Armor that the GRA possess

OH GOD NO.

Don't even talk about that!

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A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite point in the future. –General George S. Patton, Jr.

I why do I have the feeling that they might make the VC Anime the "Canon" of the VC storyline?

Spoiler for VC Ending:

The original VC ended with Welkin and Alicia as a married couple with Isara looking like a 3 or 4 year old little girl. The problem is, VC takes place 2 years after EWII where a civil war takes place. The ending of VC1 felt like aftermath of EWII and not the Civil War. When the creators planned this ending, I didn't think they were planning a sequel at that time. The VC anime kind of retcons that instead of taking place presumably 4 years later. Also, Max's GN Lanc- I mean artificial Valkyrur Lance and GN Shie- I mean Valkyrur Shield looks more compact and it didn't depend on multiple generators on the Mamorta. This will probably serve as a prototype to the new soldiers with some kind of Power Armor that the GRA possess

I don't see how it negates the VC1 story at all. Honestly, EWII could continue on even after the events of VC1, and could be over by the time of the VC1 ending. It's just that the Imperial invasion of Gallia had come to a grinding halt.

It would've been very possible for there to be a peace accord with the Empire -> two year gap -> civil war -> end of VC2 -> ???/VC 3 (against the Federation perhaps?) -> shown VC1 ending.

As for the whole generators thingy: the anime team are lazy. What, you thought there was a deeper meaning to that lacklustre final fight? Pfft.

I checked Gamestop and the release date for North America is June 2010...wow....I can barely wait.

I have no problems with the setting and what not...I mean if you didn't go WTF when Isara said she took tank repair and driving class in High school... a military academy isn't that far off.

Maybe it's because I've played persona series that I don't mind school setting.

Plus the TGS trailer has ad-hoc multi-player, I am looking forward to that...and the sword slash..if lancer can do that it would be awesome!!!

The PSP probably go with PSP because it's easier to render anime than the CANVAS engine in good quality. And since the game was made by the original team, not the anime team..hopefully we can avoid some of the things they did in the anime.

The development team made it clear as explain by someone quite a while ago, that they are sure they are making it as a direct sequel instead of AU setting..So don't have to worry about that.

Although some people are not happy when SEGA said they'll consider future VC games set in console if this one sells well. Well as a VC fanboy..I myself are very happy at the news..

I'm glad this game is coming out for the PSP. I don't have a PS3 (but I may buy one when more games for it come out), and well this is the perfect chance for me to play the game. (Watching it on youtube just isn't the same....)

Really more people have the PSP than the ps3, which making a psp release is good for marketing. You'll gain more money if you sell it for something more people have. Also even though psp games are 30-40 $ and ps3 games are 60. More people having a psp would make up for the 10 or so $ loss.

It really is a good move to move it to the psp. Also on top of that I read that they might make a console version. (If they did that then they would make a lot of fans happy, bring more fans in, and they could make twice the money. Pretty smart move really.)

Here's some sad news for some of you VC1 fans that i read from wikipedia:

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However, with the intense fight against the Empire having left Gallia's regular army in an exhausted state, there is initially little to stop the insurrection from gaining momentum. Laws preventing the formation of a national militia to fight fellow Gallians force the government to deploy military academy cadets to the front lines in order to combat and defeat the GRA forces.

In order words, don't expect playing anyone from VC1 since the Militia can't get involve in the civil war.

I'm glad this game is coming out for the PSP. I don't have a PS3 (but I may buy one when more games for it come out), and well this is the perfect chance for me to play the game. (Watching it on youtube just isn't the same....)

Really more people have the PSP than the ps3, which making a psp release is good for marketing. You'll gain more money if you sell it for something more people have. Also even though psp games are 30-40 $ and ps3 games are 60. More people having a psp would make up for the 10 or so $ loss.

It really is a good move to move it to the psp. Also on top of that I read that they might make a console version. (If they did that then they would make a lot of fans happy, bring more fans in, and they could make twice the money. Pretty smart move really.)

I see the reasoning; those are good points.

One of the game's strongest, best points was "the look," the graphics. Moving to PSP totally kills that point.

Why would you move DOWN the scale of video game systems for the next major installment of a series?

If they bring it back onto PS3 eventually I'll be happy.

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